Rudolph Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Hi! I tought to post my first post here. Heres some pics of my latest creation: 5-string neck-thru bass. Neck is wenge with maple stripes. Body is bubinga with flamed maple top. Body shape is modified Rickenbackers 4001 style bass. It has 35 inch scale. pick-ups are EMG's passive series. Bridge is warwicks and tuners are Hipshots ultralites. I need to do trussrod coverpalte and electronics cavity cover. Opinions and suggestions are welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 wHAT AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS BASS! I love the cream maple and black hardware, very sexy - and the ric-style horns. Lovely. More pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTU 7's. Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Very nice bass, the only thing that I don't dig is the upper horn. The rest is awesome. Also the anodized strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inisheer Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Looks pretty nice! I think the bridge looks cool with the design and the colors offset nicely. Any more pics of the sides/back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolph Posted March 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 I Added some new pics to Photobucket. They show nice figure in bubinga. http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Rudolph82/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Wow. That's got to be "first post of the year"! Are you going to take us through any of your other creations? Great work sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassisgreat Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Sweeeeeeet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassisgreat Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Also, dude... ... did you murder someone in that bafroom before you took the first pic?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Dude.... dude.... Wow, that is such a gorgeous instrument! That's one of the best aesthetics I've seen in a long time... and there are lots of beautiful guitars displayed on this forum. Congrats, that is a work of art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TemjinStrife Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Very pretty instrument. I personally think the upper horn is a bit too long and too far away from the neck, but notwithstanding, that's an amazing bass. Where'd you get the Warwick hardware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the telecaster kid Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Beautiful man, completely spectacular. You're putting my bass to shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Dude........ Dude....... Holy carp! I'd be sooo proud if I were you. That came out fantastic! Everything, from the understated woods to the (unnaturally, but it's cool) long upper horn. I agree with what everyone said here, the project comes together nicely. I especially like the ric-style horns. A question, if I may, for future reference: Where'd you get the Warwick bridge parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolph Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 (edited) Thanks for all those comments. I got that Warwick bridge from german music store called Thomann. It cost only about 50 euros. And I have to say that bridge has quite many possibilities of adjusting it. Ill add some more pics when I get those cover plates made. Ill make that trussrod cover from same flamed maple wich I used on headstock and top. Electronics cavitys cover Ill make from laminated wenge s it wont live so much. I used oil and wax for finish. First 2 coats of oil to bring those flames up. Then 2 coats of Osmo Color wood wax. Wenge cam bit tacky (not sure if its right word for describing it ). It has so much oil in it self all ready so it didnt work so well. Hopefully it will start to harden bit better over time. I think ill put some more pics of my creations here on this forum . Thanks again! Sorry about misspellings Edited March 2, 2008 by Rudolph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 I bought mine from the Bass Centre in the UK, again for a very reasonable price. They're much better quality bridges than virtually anything else available for at same price. I think your wenge may be tacky because of it's natural oils/resins, yes. Also, it has monster pores which have probably taken a lot of your oil up and made it slower to harden off? I still can't get over how awesome that maple is on your top. How come it's so pale without so many of the usual darker grain lines? Anything to do with how the maple has been seasoned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolph Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Yeah I think those natural oils is that cause in that tackyness. About that maple I dont know I bought that piece from my friend and it has proven to be worth all I payed for it. That piece had enought to make another top for some project. Forgot to mention earlier about that basses weight. With all the hardware on its weight is about 5kg. because of that long upper horna and ultralite tuners theres no neck weightness at all. And it has quite long sustain too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabbefusk Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Man that is sleek looking, awesome bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desopolis Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 I had a quick question, could you give some dimensions? mainly, how much space is from the edge of the EMG to the edge of the guitar? about how tall is the bass from the bottom to the end of the body( not the horn, I guess where the neck "starts") I ask because I started a build, but I think I made it far to small for a bass. I get stuck on guitars and never notice.. heres a link: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...222&hl=bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Do you mean you may have cut the heel or the side cutaways in too far Deso? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_labb Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 great looking build. the black/white contrast is great. i like the horn, but seems a bit out of proportion to the body. makes teh neck look a bit too small for a 5 string. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desopolis Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Do you mean you may have cut the heel or the side cutaways in too far Deso? Yeah, I designed it around a set of EMG actives for a 5 string bass. if you check the link I posted its the build thread I started a gagillion years ago.. anyway, the sides are cut in to a EMG would have just over 2" on each side of the "neck" pickup.. Most basses have 4" from the edge of the cutaways... Now that I look at it it feels TOO narrow. But my friend wanted a SOLID body bass, and I cant believe I got a piece that large... I got my measurements from a Jazz bass, the widest part is the same width, and the horns of a Jazz bass are the same length.. the two designs look very similar (Based on a Rick) but smaller, so I was curious if im just being paranoid.. and if you go to that link, ignore the terrible headstock, I convinced him to change his mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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